Election at Porsche now occupies state labor court
The legal dispute over the works council election at the Porsche car manufacturer's Zuffenhausen site will be brought before the Baden-Württemberg State Labor Court on November 28. This was announced by a spokesperson for the court in Stuttgart. Both Porsche and the Works Council had lodged an appeal against a decision by the Stuttgart Labor Court, which had declared the election invalid in April.
The background to the court decision was that almost 100 employees of Porsche Dienstleistungs GmbH in Leipzig, which is responsible for the canteens among other things, should not have been allowed to vote. The regional labor court must now deal with the case.
As long as the decision of the court of first instance is not legally binding, the existing works council will remain in office. Several employees had contested the election in March 2022. They saw significant violations and argued, among other things, that seals were missing from the ballot boxes and that parts of the workforce had been informed at too short notice. However, the labor court saw no evidence of any of these points. There had been no manipulation and no inconsistencies. Such grounds for contestation were not discernible.
The labor court had already declared the 2018 works council election at Daimler invalid due to a similar constellation with a distant business location. The proceedings then went through the courts for several years.
The ongoing dispute about the invalidated works council election at Porsche's Zuffenhausen site has led the company to seek justice in the form of an appeal to the Baden-Württemberg State Labor Court. Even with the legal uncertainties, the current works council continues to carry out their duties at the car manufacturer, demonstrating the importance of a functioning workforce.
Source: www.dpa.com
